Anthony Bourdain tragically died by suicide recently. Also tragic: he did not update his estate plan after his separation, which means that his estranged wife will be managing his estate. Perhaps this is what he wanted, trusting that she would manage things appropriately; more likely, he got busy and forgot, or didn’t realize that he had left her in charge.
In Ontario, as in many places, neither divorce nor separation revokes a will. Unless you make an effort to do a new will, for the most part, everything will stay the same.
If you are going through a change in relationship – entering or exiting – you need to change your will, too.
